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Scruffy1

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3. Exactlty.

Reply to Callie1979 (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 16, 2025, 10:09 AM

Aug 16

But as Thorstein Veblen pointed out in his "Theory of the Leisure Class" over a hundred years ago that's why the rich buy crap. They do it to flaunt their wealth by showing they can pay a lot for worthless things while the rest of us are scrambling for the necessities

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Thieves grab $2 million in jewelry in Seattle heist that took less than 2 minutes [View all] Omaha Steve Aug 16 OP

Enough of these robberies have occurred that retail jewelers no_hypocrisy Aug 16 #1

They were locked away at the end of the day...this was while they were open. SeattleVet Aug 16 #4

MIdday with a locked glass front door. Old Crank Aug 16 #9

2M in jewelry about 100,000 of real value. Callie1979 Aug 16 #2

Exactlty. Scruffy1 Aug 16 #3

Wow I forgot about that book kimbutgar Aug 16 #5

Yes! There are some UGLY vehicles out there but they cost WAY over 100k Callie1979 Aug 16 #7

You beat me to it Miguelito Loveless Aug 18 #10

Just another justification popsdenver Aug 16 #6

There's a 1978 movie starring Dustin Hoffman, Oeditpus Rex Aug 16 #8